Hello all -

I am trying to help a friend of mine with a computer problem, but he lives too far away for me to see everything first hand. First off, his specs:

xp2000, ECS K7s5a, 512mb 133, white label 60gb 7200 hd, 300w foxconn case with only 1 case fan (exhaust)-

Basically, the problem is that every now and then, the computer randomly restarts, and then will not reboot to windows. When he shuts it down and leaves it off a while, it still will not reboot. I talked him through his bios, and it seems that evertime this happens, the bios does not recognize the hd. He at that point has the bios scan IDE and it locates it, and then boots normally, and can last this way for days.

My first and obvious thought was to check the temps -- he did, and sure enough, the computer idles close to 60 degrees Celcius. Do you guys think that this is the main problem? Having experienced several restarts, do you you think his rig may have suffered any permanent damage, or will getting a better heatsink/fan and an intake case fan make everything better?

My only other thought was that perhaps the white label HD was failing -- I have no experience with HD failing yet. He says that the drive is only 2 months old though.

Let me know what you guys think -- thanks!